Friday, February 02, 2007

Groundhog Day Poetry (Yes, It's Friday!)

Groundhog DayOld Groundhog stretched in his leafy bed.He turned over slowly and then he said,"I wonder if spring is on the way,I'll go and check the weather today.If I see my shadow between eleven and noon,I then will know that I'm out too soon.I'll crawl back in bed for six weeks more,Pull up the warm covers and snore and snore.But if no shadow gives me a scare,I know that spring is in the air,I'll wake my friends and wish them cheer,With glorious news that spring is here."

Groundhogs are sleepingThey don't give a flying fluffAbout the weather.

And finally, since no shadow was sighted, here is a spring poem written by my favorite poet.

Spring Pools by Robert FrostThese pools that, though in forests, still reflectThe total sky almost without defect,And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver,Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone,And yet not out by any brook or river,But up by roots to bring dark foliage on.The trees that have it in their pent-up budsTo darken nature and be summer woods --Let them think twice before they use their powersTo blot out and drink up and sweep awayThese flowery waters and these watery flowersFrom snow that melted only yesterday.

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